Tagged: The Gamm Theatre

Theater Reviews
1:53 am
Thu May 9, 2013

Gamm's "Beauty Queen" is not for the Faint of Heart

Credit Peter Goldberg / The Gamm Theatre
Jeanine Kane (Maureen), Wendy Overly (Mag) in The Gamm Theatre's "The Beauty Queen of Leenane."

Watching the Gamm’s splendid, perfectly sharp, gloriously acted production of “Beauty Queen” was, for me at least, a trip down two very different roads. On one hand, I kept thinking of the legions of travel advertisements we’ve all seen. Ahh, the green of Ireland, the rolling hills, the charming little towns, the friendly pubs. Where have you gone Rick Steves?

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Arts & Culture
1:00 am
Wed January 23, 2013

Gamm's Ann Boleyn is off-the-wall but also serious

Credit Peter Goldberg
Madeleine Lambert as Anne Boleyn

Oh my goodness, folks, those wacky Brits are back. They arrived Monday night in a slippery snowstorm using as their invasion vehicle the much anticipated, and much hyped, “Anne Boleyn” by veteran troublemaking playwright Howard Brenton. You will remember his work if you caught the deliciously provocative play “Paul” which celebrated the life of St. Paul at the Gamm a while ago.

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